Environment Minister set to receive a free 'gift'

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Greg Hunt set to
receive a "free" gift.

he environment minister, Greg Hunt, is set to receive a free “gift” of at least 16m tonnes of greenhouse emission cuts, bringing him closer to Australia’s 2020 emissions reduction target and helping to explain his supreme confidence that Australia can meet it.

In August Hunt announced a deal he had done with landfill operators who had charged upfront gate fees for their expected liability under the former government’s carbon tax and were left with a windfall gain upon its repeal.

The announcement concentrated on promises by landfill operators to refund some of their $100m windfall to local councils (the local government association was also part of the deal) and to invest some of it in greenhouse reducing activities.

Read the Guardian story - “Greg Hunt's 'gift' will bring Coalition closer to 2020 emissions reduction goal.”